Tool for attaching tips to shoe strings or the like



Nov. 6, 19.23. V L. D. DAVIS TOOL FOR ATTACHING TIPS TO SHOE STRINGS OR THE LIKE Filed Aug. 16. 1922 Patented,- Nov. r i V it ncurs n ina'vrs,

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Be it known that 1, Louis DgjDAvIs; a

citizen ofthe United States, vresiding at Carbondale, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvaniaghave invented new and useful lmprovenientsin Tools for Attaching Tips to Shoe Strings; or ,thelike, of which the following attaching tips to'cords as to the ends'of shoerstrings or the like, and has for its ob jects:

The production of atool convenient in operation and effective inattaching tips to Shoelaces and the like. 0

Other objects of the invention are"s1n1- .plicity of construction, cheapness; of manufacture, and the production of a device having few parts likely to get out of order. j Referring to the'drawings: V Figure 1 isia perspective view of my device. showing the just preceding the clamping of a tip to a shoe lace; z Figurefl is'a plan view1and shows the lever members of the device in open position. Figure 3 is a perspective fragmentary view showing the relation between the jaws of the device and between the, cuttingapertures, H w r Figure 4: shows a cli of a shoe string, and; v V I Figures :1 clip blank beforeattachment. The embodiment of the device as disfastened on the end" closed in the drawing comprises a pair of lever members 10 and 11, formedof com.- paratively thin flat metallicstrips ,curv'ed toward one end to form operating'ha'ndles of the type common in pinchers orthe like;

the opposite ends of thelevers being enlargedito form heads 13 and 1 4. Formed upon the'heads areoifset portions 15 and 16 through which the pivot pin 1 7extends,*and

one of the heads is formed with a rebent portion 18 which extends in spaced parallelism to the head proper to form'a kerf 19.

The kerf affords a slidew'ay for the head'of the other lever and is preferably rounded at its bottonr2O for thereception of atip blank as shown in Figure 1, this portion of the head 14 constituting a jaw which may be considered the female jaw of the device, the head of the other arm having its 'forward edge 21 formed with a groove 22fextending lengthwise thereof, said groove being adapted to cooperatewith the rounded is aspecification. 'The present invention relates to tools'forar'e in clamping position, 7

noted that the'ofi'set portions give a com f paratively-long angularswing of the jaws; j awhas 7 been brought: to approximate clamping positionfthe fur-f 7 v r o parts thereof in position;

a h in clainpingtheftip upon aicord ,f:' i i and comprising the'male .jaw .'of the tool, r

jg he; dr wing and a; necjtion therewit 1'5aa v1epo ia n ftial alignment with botto1n20 and the Figure: 1 fin} cons groove 22 when the jaws tom 20, whereby the action upon the tip blank willa be obtaining a {it willibe notedfby referenceftdFigiirefl h tfthtp rt ns the pivotv17 in1substansg V, r the: space ibetween 'the ofthe male jaw 7 practicallyr uni-s form through the length thereofif By this arrangement complicated. mechanism for 5;]; parallel'movement: of one 'jaw relativeto the other duringthe clamping operation is avoided.

In operation, the" bottom 20 ofthe kerfwiththe end ofta the/"tip? nk, s ings a;

cord resting against .its curved inner sur-,

-fa'ce whereupon the malejaw is moved to position riding-in the kerf;19. -When the j males-jaw reaches substantially. clamping f position itwill movein substantial parallelism with the'bottom of the kerf 20:an'd will press against'the tip blank vice is'the formation ofapertures 23 and 24:, countersunk toward the adapted to be brought through the aperturesland the countersunk out the cord. v V V 7 It will be s'eenfro-mthe yet which accomplishes narily requiring a more I have also been able to of parts so as to make O Hg it: cylindrical form about the rd, 1 w:

T An" additional; feature of applican a r I p I r 90 outer surface and r r v iIltO alignment" inf po h lever members. Wh n .in this position a cord ma b inserted.

n frusto conical-surfacewill act asshears to" above description taken in connection with the drawings that I haveproduced a 'verysimple' deviceforattaching tips to shoe stringsor'the like and;

the purposes ordicomplicated device.

a groove in the 1'05 7 manufacture and comprising few parts to 11 0 portions at their forward ends, a p'ivot com '3 necting said ofi'set portions,

forward end edge of one of said'leversfm rebent portion on the forward end of the other lever extending in parallelisnithereto and forming a kerf adapted to receive the grooved lever, the bottom of saidkerf and said groove lying in radial relation to said pivot and having their longitudinal dimen sions lying transversely of the longitudinal dimensions of the levers, I

r 2. A tool of the Character described, com prising a pair of flat lever members having 1 enlarged heads at one end, a groove formed in the forward end edge of one of said heads, the other tion forming a kerf having a rounded bothead having a rebent porkerf having their dimensions of the levers.

In testimony whereof I my hand in presence of Witnesses. j

VWitnesses: V

UNIARIE LorTUs, A.'DE LANE longitudinal dimensions 20 lying in substantially radial relation to said I pivot and transverselyof the longitudinal have hereunto set 1 two subscribing 25 Lou s DQDAVISVQ 

